Artists and Performances

Already the world diamond leader and the fastest growing manufacturing centre for jewellery, India is seeking to take over the mantle of the world's `jewellery hub' with the launch of the five day event.

The singer, 36 -- who recently rejoined the British band Take That -- has tied the knot with Ayda Field, 31, at his mansion in Los Angeles.

Newspapers showed pictures of marquees set up in the grounds.

"At last, Rob is happy. That's what you want for your kids and this is the happiest I've seen him," the singer's father Pete said, according to the News of the World.

"Ayda is so beautiful and so delightful and so lovely and just so right for him. They are brilliant together."

He added: "I don't have any grandchildren yet. Rob's will be my first. I'm pleased he's going to start a family. I can't tell you, I am just so very pleased for him. He might end up a stay-at-home dad -- you never know. But I think he'll always do his music."

The star's father said despite Williams rejoining Take That, he would not be returning to live in Britain.

The 42-year-old actress, who won a million hearts with Pretty Woman and an Oscar with Erin Brockowich, took to Hinduism during the shooting of her upcoming film, `Eat, Pray and Love' last year. In the movie, she plays a divorced woman who travels to Italy for food, India for spirituality and Bali, where she finds love. In the interview, Robert also spoke of reincarnation. "I've been so spoiled with my friends and family in this life. Next time I want to be just something quiet and supporting," she said.

According to a source associated with the movie, "Initially, the song was to be shot at Maldives and Emraan's dates were booked. But it was shifted to Bangkok due to financial issues. Then there was a disagreement over the girl. Percept wanted to take some new girl to save costs, while Emraan felt a known face would get better mileage."

Rani was a patient listener when Saif poured out his heart to him recently. Rani and Saif had plenty of time to bond better in the weeks that they spent together in Bangkok shooting for Kunal Kohli's new untitled film where Rani plays nanny to Saif's character's kids.

The hitch is she is all Thai and he can't converse with her at all. A ray of hope comes his way the next day when Jasmine turns up desperately in need of a doctor! Shankar posing as a doctor along with the goofy Sardar buddy Rachinder, jumps into this whirlpool while Jasmine soon gets pulled into his bumbling adventures while running away from the Don & his henchmen. Hop onto this hilarious comedy of errors with Shankar as he discovers love and life on a rollicking ride from Bombay to Bangkok.

Where did you vanish after Iqbal?
I was pretty much here. After Iqbal, I'd decided that I'll take a gap of a few years for studying. I was open to interesting projects though. I recently completed a Bengali project called Eti Din Golpo.

It's about a father-daughter relationship. I felt great about it because the film has shaped up well and is in my mother tongue. Now, I want to come back to the Bombay movies as a heroine. I'm looking forward to that.

Did Nagesh Kukunoor approach you for Bombay to Bangkok and Aashayein?
No, he didn't approach me for his films. I'm sure if he had something interesting, he would have called me. That's okay.

How do friends treat you in school?
Oh, they're uber cool. They don't treat me like a star or somebody from showbiz. That would have been the case if my friends weren't from showbiz.

They're are also associated with the showtown. So, I'm thankful to God that I don't have to be told by friends, "Oh stop your film talks.. please."

 The festival, held Oct. 25-Nov. 4 at the Esplanade Cineplex, screened around 80 titles in seven sections such as EU films, world cinema, Asian contemporary, documentaries, short films, retrospective and tribute.

Producer says, 'We started the shooting on September 23 and continued it at Chevella, Miyapur, Medchal and other such areas involving all the lead artistes. We have completed shooting of talkie part and two action episodes till now. Our second schedule would begin from November 1. As part of the second schedule we will take up shooting at Kerala, Chennai and Mumbai.